As much as 30 percent faculty positions vacant at 13 UP medical colleges
The maximum (117) posts are vacant at Gorakhpur's medical college against the total 257 positions sanctioned for various departments.
Lucknow: A number of state-run medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh are being affected by vacant faculty positions, as nearly 30% of teaching positions in 13 colleges are vacant, reveals medical education department data.
The data shows that 30% of the 2,129 teaching posts, comprising professor, associate professor and assistant professor, is yet to be filled. Out of the 2,129 positions, 1,489 posts are filled which consists of 936 regular faculty and 553 contractual staff, which leaves out the number of vacancies as 640.
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Dr PK Gupta, former president, Indian Medical Association, Lucknow said, "Faculty is the most significant part for a medical college and lack of it causes problems for students."
Alok Kumar, principal secretary, medical education department, UP said, "Filing up faculty positions is a continuous process. Many times, contractual staff leaves after giving notice, and often they shift from one college to another. If a faculty working in Banda gets a position in his hometown in Badaun, the position in Banda will become vacant though the teacher is still on government rolls."
Kumar added, "Fresh appointment of medical teachers is a continuous process, where both regular and contractual staff are being appointed to keep academics smooth." He further observed, "We have increased the number of undergraduate and PG medical seats. The impact of the initiative will be seen in the next few years with more colleges in the state having the required strength of faculty against the sanctioned positions."
The maximum (117) posts are vacant at Gorakhpur's medical college against the total 257 positions sanctioned for various departments.
Around two months back, while responding to a Rajya Sabha query, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar had observed that Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of faculty vacancies in its centrally-run education institutes as well. It was observed that around 2,620 teaching positions remains vacant across 10 centrally-owned education institutes in the UP, as per a media report in the Print.
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